Eat like royalty this Christmas with a three-course lunch served on the Circa deck, overlooking Port Phillip Bay. This well-regarded St Kilda restaurant offers a sharing-style lunch, featuring seasonal goodies taken from their kitchen garden. St Kilda.

Let George Calombaris show you a Greek Christmas with a twist at his good-time eatery Gazi. His five-course set menu includes the best of his innovative street food – you can bet that his famous pillowy flatbread souvlakis will make an appearance. Melbourne.

Slip into one of the revitalised Prahran Hotel's cubby-like booths and enjoy a three-course feast to please the whole family. The pub is all about classic dishes done well, so you can expect festive favourites like whole crystal bay prawns and butter-roasted turkey with cranberry and lemon thyme stuffing. Prahran.

Venture beyond the usual spread this Christmas and dive into warm crayfish salad, Tasmanian scallops a la plancha with jamón ibérico, and spit-roasted dry-aged moondarah wagyu. This is Californian-Mexican fusion – served to you in the leafy, retro surrounds of St Kilda's Newmarket Hotel. St Kilda.

Turn your yuletide on its head this year and spend Christmas with creatures great and small. Enjoy a four-course meal that includes smoked salmon rillettes, toasted brioche and slow-cooked Western Plains pork; all the while taking full advantage of the three-hour drink package. The price gets you entry into the zoo all day, so be sure to extend your season's greetings to the otters on your way home. Parkville.